Students will engage in book club activities where students choose a book from a selection of titles offered within the classroom or library. Book clubs provide an authentic opportunity for students to apply many of the literacy skills and practice appropriate reading behaviors they have learned through whole class instruction. Students will be given options of text selection throughout the semester for book club activities. Students who do not find a book of interest within the classroom selection for book club activities are welcome to bring a book from the public library, school library, church library, a bookstore, or home. Parents will also receive a letter notification of the book their child chooses for book club learning activities. If you would prefer your students to read a different book, please contact your student’s teacher.

Canyon ISD allows students the opportunity to build their reading stamina, reading skills and motivation to read by having student choice with independent reading. Canyon ISD adheres to the state standards for independent reading and the skills students need to be successful skilled readers upon graduation. The state standards ask students to: self-select texts and read independently for a sustained period of time, establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts, and make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.

Canyon ISD supports independent reading in the classroom. Independent reading (also referred to as self-selected reading, voluntary reading, or reading for pleasure) is a time where students are involved in choosing and reading texts for enjoyment. Students can choose their independent reading from a variety of places such as the public library, school library, church library, a bookstore, home, or classroom library. Independent reading is ongoing throughout the school year and is highly encouraged during the summer, as well.